Britain looks set to enjoy a mini-heatwave when lockdown restrictions begin to ease next week. Temperatures are expected to soar to a balmy 18C from next Monday, March 29 – the date Brits are finally allowed to meet friends and family again outdoors. The Met Office predicts March 29 and 30 – Tuesday and Wednesday – will see the best […]

A child is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in an East Auckland school car park this morning. Emergency services are at scene of the accident at Pigeon Mountain Primary School on Wells Rd, Bucklands Beach. A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said the child had been taken to Starship Hospital with critical injuries. Pigeon Mountain Primary […]

There’s an Indian gin, new to the United States, that’s worth knowing. Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin, made by one of India’s major distillers, Radico Khaitan, offers a dry, aromatic style, with piney, minty, citric notes and a hint of coriander and anise on the palate, to pair well with tonic or in a martini. At the same time it is […]

Seaside resort in Devon turns into sea of yellow after investment banker left town his entire £2.3m fortune and asked for million flowers to be planted in his memory Sidmouth in Devon has burst into colour thanks in part to an investment banker  Canadian Keith Owen died in 2007 but left his  £2.3million fortune to the town With the daffodils in […]

Police have launched an internal probe over a video that appears to show an officer grabbing a student by the throat. A group of students claim the 18-year-old was detained by police simply for "shaking his head" at them following a protest in St Peter's Square in Manchester city centre last night (March 21). Greater Manchester Police claim the student […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for March 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A 10-year-old boy was one of 25 people shot in Chicago over the weekend, when he was inside a car as one or more gunmen opened fire, police said Monday. The boy was in a car on West Lake […]

Good morning. Melissa Clark and I were talking the other night about our freezers, because that is what people who work in the food game do, and she casually mentioned that she had a bag of chicken hearts in hers, just as I may have said there was a pork butt and a bag of cleaned squid in mine. Chicken […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Fire crews are attending a blaze at a school in Aberdeen following unconfirmed reports of an explosion. The Scottish Fire and Rescue service says four pumps and a height vehicle have been sent to Northfield Academy after it received a call shortly […]

THE devastated family of a 24-year-old found dead in a National Trust nature reserve say they've had "no explanation" of what happened to her. Bethany Edwards' parents wept as they paid an early-morning visit to the secluded countryside beauty spot where her body was found on Friday. Cliff and Linda Edwards' daughter disappeared around a fortnight ago. Police in Bedfordshire […]